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e. R. MENEELY.

Hanging Bells.

Patented July 28, 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN ATTAOHIN G BELLS TO THEIR YOKES.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MENEELY, of WestTroy, in the county of Alban have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bell-Yokes, of which the followin tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, inWhich- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, and t Figure 2 a perspective view of a part of a bell hung in a yoke, which embodies the distinguishing feature of myinvention, and

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y, and State of New York, g is a full and exact descrip- 5 are perspective views of parts thereof, like p arts being marked by the same letters in -yokes in which the bell and its clapper are secured to a capis loosened, and turned in the yoke to make the clapper strike g the centre-bolt, which holds the clapper, to the said movable as hereinafter described, so that whenever'the bell and capthe yoke, to present a difi'erent part of the circumference of the centre-bolt, which holds the clapper, can then be readily released position where the clapper will swing in or nearly in the same plane as the and there re-secured to the cap-platc so eil'ectually that the clapper will not get out ofits This invention relates to that class of hell plate, which turns with the bell whenever the hell in a new place on the bell, and consists in securin cap-plate, by means of devices substantially such plate shall he loosened, turned, and refastened in the bell to the blows of the clapper, from the, cap-plate, turned into the bell swings in ringing, proper position. v

In the aforesaid drawing, A is a bell, cast with around taresponding aperture in a yoke, C.

The bell is secured in the yoke to a cap-plate, D, partly by a screw-bolt, E, which supports a clapper, F, and extends up through a central opening in the cap-plate and bell-shank, and partly by auxiliary screw-bolts, G, figs. .2, 4, 5, which fit in recesses H, cast in the shank of the bell, and extend up through separate holes in the cap-plate, said bolts being provided with nuts, I J, which screw down upon the cap-plate directly or indirectly. The central hole through the cap-plate an holds the'clapper, to be turned around thereirnand erally sufficient to keep the bolt E from getting tu within the bell.

To keep the clapper in its proper position in all cases, w be set opposite to the clapper", the bolt E, fig. 3, which a corresponding washer, K, that the bolt and washer with teeth or indentations along its periphery, attached to the capplate D, which supports the To'make the clapper strike on a new ell, first unscrew the nuts I J, of the central and lateral bolts, so that the bell drops a little in the yoke, and then grasp the bell at its rim, and turn it in the yoke to any desired position. The bolts and cap-plate will of course turn with the bell, Next, screw down the nuts of the lateral bolts-G, and loosen the clutch from the washer K of the centre-bolt E, and turn back the clapper F, with the-ceutre-bolt and its washer, so that the clapper will swing in the same or nearly the same plane as the bell swings'in ringing, and finally screw down the nut or nuts on the centrethe bell will be again in ringing order.

In carrying out my invention I construct the adjustable clutch L M, or its equivalent, and attach it to the cap-plate D in any suitable form and manner. Forinstance, instead of having the clutch-piece Lslide radially between dove-tail lugs N, the.clutch-piece may he pivoted t0 the cap-plate, and turned in and out on its pivotcentre, and held in the teeth or indentations of the l equivalent for the adjustable clutcli L M, I sometimes cap-plate, nearer to the washer K, of the washer.

pering shank, B,.at its top, which fits .in a cor- I 0t alwaysor genrned, so as to let the clapper swing out of its proper position hatever part of the circumference of the bell may holds the clapper, is so squared, or shaped and fitted with must turn together if at all, and the washer K isformed and is thereby firmly held by a clutch, L, and set-screw, M, bell in the yoke.

place in the circumference of the b washer-K by a set-screw or a clamp-screw; and, as an leave out the and have a pointed end on the sore In fig. 1, P is a check-nut on the screw M.

w M enter into the teeth or indentations part L, cast the nut-lug O, fig. 1, on the Witnesses ns, by means of atoothed or indented washer h orits equivalent attached to the cap-plate, rienced of having a fixed By securing the centre-bolt to the cap-plate in various positio attached to the cen'tre-bolt, in combination with an adjustable clutc as hereinbefore described, I avoid the awkwardness and inconvenience heretofore expe arm or key attached to and extended from the centrcthe body of the yoke, to keep'the clapper in its proper position within the bell.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Securing the centre-bolt, which'holds the clapper, to the cap-plate, which turns with the bell and supports it in various positions in the yoke by means of a toothed or indented washer attached to the centre-bolt, in

combination with an adjustable clutch attached to the cap-plate, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, this 7th day of April, 1868.

- GEO. It. MENEELYJ E. A. MENEELY, Aus'rm F. PARK.

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